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a NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL CITY OF NASHVILLE COMMISSIONERS DR. w. c. DIXON, CHAIRMAN , EDWARD POTTER, SECRETARY DR. A. T. SIKES DR. P. G. MORRISSEY FRANK E. GILLETTE DR. BRUCE D. P'POOL VERNON TUPPER NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE A.R.C. MAIL ROOM RECEIVED November 18, 1943 w. DORTCH WOOD NOVZ HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR REFERRED TO old Badge Miss Mary Beard, R.N. Director, Nursing Service American Red Cross National Headquarters Endasid Washington, D. C. My dear Miss Beard: Thank you for your letter of November 16 stating that you will exchange my Red Cross pin, marked "Home Defense¹ for another. I appreciate this very much, especially since I will be working with Red Cross. I am returning the pin under separate cover. I will be at the above address until December 1, in case you can send me the new pin by that time. I have not learned the street address of the new South- eastern Area in Atlanta, Georgia, where I expect to be located after December 8. Thank you again for this favor. Yours very truly, Ruth Laston Ruth Laxton I D.

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